Harry Kane thought “something was wrong” when his fiancee Kate told him about MBE award

Harry Kane was fully in match mode when he discovered he had been awarded an MBE.

The 25-year-old received messages from his fiancee Kate urging him to get in touch just prior to Tottenham’s Premier League game against Southampton on December 5.

The Spurs and England striker receives the accolade at the end of an incredible year for club and country in which he won the World Cup Golden Boot with six goals in the team’s run to the semi-finals.

Kane, whose goal against Bournemouth on Boxing Day took him to 156 in all competitions for Spurs, told Spurs TV: “We got a letter to the house, Kate opened the letter… it was before the Southampton game.

Kane has fired Spurs in title contention in the Premier League this season (Image: Jan Kruger)

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“I’m very passionate about our country, very patriotic and going back to England, it shows how good the summer was for the whole nation, not just from my point of view, but what it did bringing everyone together.

“I’m extremely proud to be a part of that and obviously thankful to all my team-mates, all my coaches at Tottenham, England, (Spurs boss) Mauricio (Pochettino), Gareth, all the staff, the guys as well – without them I wouldn’t be scoring the goals and getting these accolades.”